Lucien Bianchi

Lucien Bianchi, born Luciano Bianchi (born 10 November 1934 in Milan, Italy, died 30 March 1969 in Le Mans, France) was an Italian-born Belgian racing driver. The son of Johnny Claes' mechanic, Bianchi first competed in racing as a co-driver in rally racing with Claes himself, beginning in 1951 at the age of 16. As Claes began to enter more races, Bianchi gained a taste for competition. With the help of Claes, he made his Formula 1 début in the 1954 Belgian Grand Prix, becoming the first F1 driver under the age of 20. After a failure to make an impression, he turned to Italian teams and returned in 1955 for Scuderia Adriatica, with whom he remained, barring a stint with Maserati in 1956, without success.

He died in an accident in practice for the 1969 24 Hours of le Mans. He was only 34 years old.

Complete Alternate Formula One results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	WDC	Pts.
1954	Ecurie Nationale Belge	Maserati AM53	Maserati 200F 2.0 L6	MON	FRA	BEL DNPQ	NED	GBR	SUI	GER	USA	ITA			NC	0
1955	Scuderia Adriatica	Ambrosiana A-002	Ferrari 555 2.5 L4	MON	FRA	BEL	GBR DNPQ	SCO	SOV	ITA DNPQ					NC	0
1956	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Cooper T41	Maserati 56A 2.5 V8	MON DNPQ	FRA DNPQ	BEL Ret	GER 8	GDR Ret	IRL	SCO	GBR	ITA Ret	THA		NC	0
1957	Scuderia Adriatica	Lancia D50	Lancia DS50 2.5 V8	MAR DNQ	MON DNQ	FRA Ret	BEL DNQ	NED DNPQ	IRL Ret	GBR DNPQ	GER	ITA DNQ	ESP	USA	NC	0
1958	G. H. Mumm & Cie	Lotus 12	O.S.C.A. 1557 1.5 L4s	AUS	MON	FRA DNQ									NC	0
	Alexander Racing Team	O.S.C.A. F158	O.S.C.A. 1558 1.5 L4s				NED Ret
		Vanwall VW58	Vanwall VE2 2.5 L4					BEL Ret	GER	GBR	POR	ITA	MAR	USA